Lee Myung-hee, Shinsegae Group chair, topped the list for the 11th straight year with the most expensive single-family house in the country, located in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The posted price of the house surpassed 30 billion won. The land with the highest value was the Nature Republic site in Chungmuro 1-ga, Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, with a price per pyeong (3.3㎡) exceeding 600 million won.
According to the 2026 nationwide standard dwellings and standard land posted price data released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 17th, the posted price next year for the chair's home in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, is 31.35 billion won, up 5.48% (1.63 billion won) from this year's 29.72 billion won. It is the first time in four years that the posted price of this dwelling has exceeded 30 billion won.
This single-family dwelling, with a total floor area of 2,862㎡, has held the No. 1 spot for posted price for 11 consecutive years since it was incorporated as a standard single-family dwelling in 2016.
The second-most expensive dwelling is a home in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, with a total floor area of 2,617㎡, reportedly owned by Lee Hae-wook, DL Group chair. Next year's posted price for this house is 20.3 billion won, up 1.09 billion won (5.67%) from this year.
The No. 3 single-family dwelling by posted price is Seungjiwon (total floor area 609.6㎡), the Samsung Group guesthouse owned by the Hoam Foundation in Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu. Next year's posted price is 19 billion won, up 6.15% (1.1 billion won) from this year's 17.9 billion won.
No. 4 is Amorepacific chair Seo Kyung-bae's dwelling in Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, with next year's posted price at 18.38 billion won. No. 5 is a single-family dwelling in Itaewon-dong owned by the Kyungwon Saeki owner family, with next year's posted price at 18.17 billion won.
Next, No. 6 is Simmons CEO An Jeong-ho's single-family dwelling in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu (posted price 16.73 billion won); No. 7 is Kumho Petrochemical Group chair Park Chan-gu's single-family dwelling in Hannam-dong (16.53 billion won); and No. 8 is a single-family dwelling in Hannam-dong (15.23 billion won).
Former Kumho Petrochemical managing director Park Cheol-wan's multi-household dwelling in Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu (14.29 billion won), and former Korea Marine Transport chair Lee Dong-hyuk's single-family dwelling in Itaewon-dong (14.24 billion won) ranked ninth and 10th, respectively.
The top 10 standard single-family dwellings by posted price for next year remained the same as this year. Seven of the 10 were in Yongsan-gu, with the others located in two sites in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, and one in Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu.
By standard land posted price, the Nature Republic site (169.3㎡) in Chungmuro 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, ranked No. 1 for the 23rd straight year. Next year's posted land price is 188.4 million won per ㎡, up 4.38% from this year. The posted price per pyeong is 621.72 million won.
No. 2 is the Woori Bank site (392.4㎡) in Myeong-dong 2-ga, with next year's posted price at 187.6 million won per ㎡. That is up 4.58% from this year.
No. 3, the former Uniqlo site (300.1㎡) in Chungmuro 2-ga, posted 171.8 million won per ㎡. No. 4 is the TONYMOLY site (71㎡) in Chungmuro 2-ga at 169.8 million won per ㎡, and No. 5 is the Kumkang Shoes Myeong-dong store site (63.8㎡) in Myeong-dong 2-ga at 165.9 million won per ㎡.
Next year's nationwide standard land posted price is up 3.35% from this year. Seoul's rate of increase was notably high at 4.89%, followed by Gyeonggi at 2.67%, Busan at 1.92%, Daejeon at 1.85%, and North Chungcheong at 1.81%.
The posted price for 250,000 standard dwellings next year rose 2.51% from this year. Seoul's increase was the highest at 4.50%, followed by Gyeonggi at 2.48%, Busan at 1.96%, Daegu at 1.52%, and Gwangju at 1.50%.